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  Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts - The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts collaborates with institutions to ...
Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts - The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts collaborates with institutions to gather and use evidence to strengthen liberal arts education.
The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts collaborates with institutions to gather and use evidence to strengthen liberal arts education.
Jon McGee (College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University) writes about the financial pressures liberal arts institutions face as they try to maintain their position in the marketplace and keep tuition costs down.
www.liberalarts.wabash.edu   (261 words)

  
  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Seven Liberal Arts
man, in contrast with the artes illiberales, which are pursued for economic purposes; their aim is to prepare the student not for gaining a livelihood, but for the pursuit of science in the strict sense of the term, i.e.
seven liberal arts are thus the members of a system of studies which embraces language branches as the lower, the mathematical branches as the intermediate, and science properly so called as the uppermost and terminal grade.
Liberal Arts presents the sum of her teaching.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01760a.htm   (4939 words)

  
  Liberal arts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprised two groups of studies: the trivium and the quadrivium.
The liberal arts thus initially represented the kinds of skills and general knowledge needed by the elite echelon of society, whereas the servile arts represented specialized tradesman skills and knowledge needed by persons who were employed by the elite.
In the United States, liberal arts colleges are still a particular kind of higher education institution that are typified by their rejection of more direct vocational education during undergraduate studies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_arts   (606 words)

  
 Liberal arts college - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A liberal arts college is an institution of higher education, most commonly found in the United States, offering programs in the liberal arts at the post-secondary level.
Liberal arts colleges usually focus on tertiary education leading to a bachelor's degree in a program designed to be completed in four years' worth of study, though some include post-graduate programs.
Some institutions referred to as "liberal arts colleges" are distinguished from universities not so much by a difference in kind, but a difference in size, taking the form of small universities, complete with subsidiary schools dedicated to a particular specialized course of study and offering a limited set of graduate degrees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_arts_college   (489 words)

  
 Liberal Arts at the Community College. ERIC Fact Sheet.
Between 1977 and 1982, the number of arts and humanities activities offered by community service divisions increased at fifty-three percent of the community colleges, decreased at thirteen percent of the colleges, and remained the same at the remaining thirty-four percent of the institutions studied.
Given the significant number of liberal arts students who could benefit from remedial or developmental assistance, the surveys sought to determine the extent to which academic support services are actually utilized by the students.
Since most students are not likely to enroll in liberal arts courses unless they believe that such courses will help them achieve their educational objectives, students should be provided with information on how the liberal arts beneficially impact personal, educational and career development.
www.ericdigests.org /1992-1/liberal.htm   (2125 words)

  
 Choosing a College - Chapter 3
The schools that epitomize the advantages and disadvantages of the liberal arts college are the independent institutions with a thousand or two thousand students, usually in a smaller town or a rural area.
Because liberal arts colleges are not homogeneous, there is the same urgent need to match the individual to the institution that there is in the case of universities.
Because some of the smaller liberal arts colleges may not be able to cover all the fields equally well, it is important to be sure that their strengths match your interests.
www.amatecon.com /etext/cac/cac-ch03.html   (4082 words)

  
 Liberal arts: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In education, a core curriculum is a curriculum, or course of study, which is deemed central and usually made mandatory for all students of a school or...
The humanities are a group of academic subjects united by a commitment to studying aspects of the human condition and a qualitative approach that generally prevents...
A liberal arts college is an institution of higher education found in the united states, offering programs in the liberal arts at the post-secondary level....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/liberal_arts.htm   (1286 words)

  
 Liberal Arts Program - Murray State University
The liberal arts major at Murray State University provides students an opportunity to gain a broad-based education which employers say is the quality they most often look for in hiring workforce leaders in the 21st century.
Liberal Arts majors take core courses in ethics, art history, sociology, and biology.
The liberal arts major allows students to design an interdisciplinary course of study.
www.murraystate.edu /chfa/LiberalArts   (306 words)

  
 Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts - A Liberal Arts Education Changes Lives:Why Everyone Can and Should Have This ...
First, it allowed us to isolate the unique effects of liberal arts education without having those effects confounded by other influences, such as where students grew up, what kinds of high schools they attended, how much money their families have, whether their parents went to college, and what academic abilities they bring to college.
Liberal arts education has often been assailed by critics because of its high cost and its history of educating upper-class gentlemen as part of their preparation to take positions of civic and economic leadership.
However, our study suggests that the liberal arts experience of a student and the liberal arts emphasis of an institution are particularly beneficial for students from underrepresented groups and for those who have less developed academic ability.
liberalarts.wabash.edu /cila/home.cfm?news_id=1382   (1315 words)

  
 Liberal Arts Courses are available online from IWUOnline's electives
Most bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees, regardless of the major, are based on a core of 30 credit hours or more of liberal arts courses.
Of importance also, as students consider the liberal arts courses they need to take, is for students to note whether specific courses or more general subjects are required, and which area of the liberal arts the courses fulfill.
Similar to the expansion of the sciences, within the humanities portion of what are considered to be liberal arts courses, the past one hundred and fifty years have seen the areas of social sciences subjects expand.
college-credit.iwuonline.com /electives/liberal-arts-courses.htm   (501 words)

  
 The Role of Liberal Arts in Your Future   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Liberal arts graduates are attractive to employers because they have developed the skills necessary to adapt in an ever-changing workforce.
A liberal arts college is an institution of higher education that emphasizes a liberal arts education.
Liberal arts graduates are equipped with the skills to become valuable community members.
www.iseek.org /sv/20005.jsp   (840 words)

  
 The Nation’s Top Liberal Arts Colleges
And despite their centuries-old roots and traditions, the nation’s top liberal arts colleges continue to serve as models for undergraduate education in the 21st century.
Faculty members at these colleges believe a liberal arts education is a way of knowing and living, an individualized process of growth focused on intellectual engagement and involvement that is deeply personal, highly communal and grounded in the development of critical and analytical thinking, effective and persuasive communication, and active and ethical engagement.
As such, graduates of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges are valued members of society because they are trained to see the connections and articulate the ideas that lead to new possibilities.
www.collegenews.org /topliberalartscolleges.xml   (648 words)

  
 liberal. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
Of, relating to, or based on the traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculum: a liberal education.
liberal, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, handsome, munificent, openhanded These adjectives mean willing or marked by a willingness to give unstintingly: a liberal backer of the arts; a bounteous feast; bountiful compliments; a freehanded host; a generous donation; a handsome offer; a munificent gift; fond and openhanded grandparents.
www.bartleby.com /61/87/L0148700.html   (256 words)

  
 Albertson College - The Liberal Arts
In its ideal form, a liberal arts education encourages individuals to seek personal foundations for the choices that they make as they live their lives, and to pursue intellectual freedom from the constraints of society, history, tradition, and ignorance.
We believe that a student who is liberally educated recognizes the importance and powers of: thinking logically, imaginatively, and independently; writing and speaking forcefully and effectively; framing questions and finding difficult answers creatively; thinking broadly across the lines of traditional academic disciplines; assessing values; and approaching others with understanding and compassion.
Our liberal arts curriculum enables students to develop the versatility of thought and the intellectual self-confidence necessary to be active within their society and culture.
www.albertson.edu /media/catalog/aci3.asp?ID=about   (708 words)

  
 Liberal Arts Values
Liberal learning starts with every learner individually and seeks to “de-center” the self as it “de-naturalizes” whatever the norms may be.
The liberal arts can build a bridge to other worlds so that we can become not just a tourist in other cultures, consuming and commodifying cultural artifacts of the exotic “other,” but an empathetic citizen of the world walking the path of the other.
A liberal arts education challenges students to examine the dialectic of power relations and the possibilities of social justice.
frontpage.uwsuper.edu /DoF/libarts.htm   (2207 words)

  
 Tulane University School of Liberal Arts Core Requirements
The Liberal Arts faculty believes that, in an era of globalization when people of all nations are increasingly mixing with and doing business with each other, students should try to achieve a real proficiency in a foreign language.
As a step toward that goal, students in the Liberal Arts are therefore required to achieve proficiency in a foreign language, modern or ancient, by passing a course at Tulane at the 203 level or above.
Science and Mathematics: The faculty of the School of Liberal Arts believes that an adequate exposure to mathematics and science is central to the goal of breadth in a liberal arts education.
www.liberalarts.tulane.edu /CoreRequirements.cfm   (535 words)

  
 L&C Chronicle - The value of the liberal arts
They were called "liberal" arts because the skills involved were not the kind a slave (or a woman, for that matter) performed, but the kind befitting a free citizen.
If you wanted to study grammar, rhetoric and logic, which were the most basic of the liberal arts in traditional society, you couldn’t be a slave; because they were the arts of a citizen, you would have no need of them.
On this rendering, the arts of language, however useful, must be measured by logic and science, the royal roads to human understanding.
www.lclark.edu /dept/public/liberalarts.html   (2703 words)

  
 TU - College of Liberal Arts
The Departments and Programs of the College of Liberal Arts explore what it means to be human, how people construct identities and institutions, and how individuals and groups interact over time--in communities, in cultures, and in nations.
The College of Liberal Arts also hosts a variety of interdisciplinary programs that frame their studies not by discipline but by topic, bringing to bear the insights of multiple disciplinary tools and perspectives.
In both its undergraduate and its graduate programs, the College of Liberal Arts seeks to convey knowledge and to sharpen the tools of thought to aid students in constructing their personal, professional, and civic lives.
www.towson.edu /cla   (614 words)

  
 SUNY Delhi | Liberal Arts
The Liberal Arts and Sciences "university parallel" transfer curriculum is designed to provide the first two years of education for students who wish to complete a four-year program leading to a bachelor's degree.
Delhi's Liberal Arts program offers two degree options: the Associate in Arts (A.A.) or the Associate in Science (A.S.) degree.
Students who plan to transfer to a SUNY four-year school are advised to take at least one course from all 10 subject areas.
www.delhi.edu /academics/liberalarts   (230 words)

  
 School of Liberal Arts and Sciences | GCSU
Students are challenged to address the analytical, historical, cultural, and philosophical foundations of their disciplines, to think critically and creatively, to act with ethical and aesthetic awareness, and to communicate effectively in a free and open exchange of ideas.
The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences is dedicated to fostering an awareness of the cultural and ethnic differences and commonalities found among the communities of the world.
The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences is committed to educating students to be responsible citizens of a democratic society.
www.gcsu.edu /artsandsciences   (315 words)

  
 Liberal Arts
A major in liberal arts at EMU can enrich any occupation or path in life.
The liberal arts emphasis on reading, writing, thinking and human relations opens many doors to liberal arts graduates.
Liberal arts is also a popular choice for those who will enter the elementary education sequence because of the opportunity to learn about a wide range of subjects.
www.emu.edu /liberalarts   (223 words)

  
 Liberal Arts : General Education/Transfer : GateWay Community College
Liberal Arts courses help students develop a greater understanding of themselves and their relationships with others, as well as a greater understanding of diverse ideas and cultures.
Liberal Arts instructors use a variety of traditional and innovative teaching and learning methods to educate their students.
A variety of Liberal Arts courses are provided for those wanting to earn either an Associate in Arts Degree, Associate in Applied Science Degree, Associate in General Studies Degree, or those looking to transfer to a four-year university in pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree.
transfer.gatewaycc.edu /Programs/LiberalArts/Default.htm   (307 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Liberal arts [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In medieval Europe, a university education was divided into seven distinct areas, each represented by a particular planet and known as the Seven Liberal Arts.
They were seen as operating in ascending order, beginning with Grammar which was assigned to the quickest moving celestial body (the Moon) and culminating in Astronomia which was thought to be astrologically ruled by Saturn, the slowest moving and furthest out planet known at the time.
After this sequence wisdom was supposed to have been achieved by the medieval university student.
encyclozine.com /Liberal_arts   (449 words)

  
 University of Texas at Arlington
The College of Liberal Arts is characterized by a diversity of intellectual styles and interests.
Liberal Arts disciplines address the rich meanings of human experience and expression.
Students in Liberal Arts acquire tools of analysis, interpretation, and critical thinking that prepare them for a range of careers.
www.uta.edu /libarts   (91 words)

  
 IU School of Liberal Arts | Students
The IU School of Liberal Arts Miriam Z. Langsam Office of Student Affairs is available to help advise students about their academic requirements and responsibilities.
The School of Liberal Arts Student Council is an advisory body composed of student representatives from each of the school's departments.
The Dean of Liberal Arts is the head academic officer of the IU School of Liberal Arts and oversees all of the academic departments, programs, and centers of the school.
www.liberalarts.iupui.edu /students.html   (628 words)

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